Lebanon, PA is a small city in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania with a population of about 25,000 people. The politics in 17042 Lebanon, PA are typically dominated by the Republican Party and its local representatives. Every two years, residents of 17042 Lebanon are encouraged to vote in the General Election to decide on their local and state representatives. Additionally, every four years citizens can participate in the Presidential Elections to select their top candidate. In recent years, certain initiatives such as taxation reform and education have been important topics discussed by local political candidates and officeholders. Residents of 17042 Lebanon have advocated for fiscal responsibility and quality public services from both candidates and elected government officials alike. As such, it is important that citizens stay informed about current issues affecting their community so that they can make an educated decision when casting their ballot.
The political climate in Zip 17042 (Lebanon, PA) is moderately conservative.
Lebanon County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lebanon County, PA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lebanon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.3%.
Lebanon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17042 (Lebanon, PA) is moderately conservative.
Lebanon, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lebanon Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lebanon, Pennsylvania: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 17042 (Lebanon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 778 contributions totaling $67,203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 499 contributions totaling $101,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)